Is it der, die oder das Swing?

DER

The correct article in German of Swing is der. So it is der Swing! (nominative case)

The word Swing is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

Finding the right gender of a noun

German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

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The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);
for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);
for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Swing?

How does the declension of Swing work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	der Swing	die Swings
Genitive	des Swing des Swings	der Swings
Dative	dem Swing	den Swings
Akkusative	den Swing	die Swings

What is the meaning of Swing in German?

Swing has various definitions in German:

[1] Music: Special rhythm of jazz and dance music

[1] Musik: besonderer Rhythmus von Jazz und Tanzmusik

[2] Music, no plural: style of jazz especially the 1930s/1940s

[2] Musik, kein Plural: Stilrichtung des Jazz vor allem der 1930er/1940er Jahre

[3] Dance: dance style, which was popular in the United States in the 1930s and which was danced to the music direction Swing

[3] Tanz: Tanzstil, der in den 1930ern in den USA populär war und der zu der Musikrichtung Swing getanzt wurde

[4] Economy: Credit of a country at the business partner

[4] Wirtschaft: Kreditrahmen eines Landes beim Geschäftspartner

How to use Swing in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Swing with translations in English.

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[2] „Für sie sind die Plattenaufnahmen vorerst nur ein Mittel, um bekannter zu werden und mehr Engagements in den Clubs zu bekommen, dort, wo der Swing entsteht und geschmiedet wird, im Feuer der sich verzehrenden Seelen.“

[2] "For them, the recordings are only a means of becoming better known and getting more engagements in the clubs, where the swing is created and is forged, in the fire of the consuming soul" "

[2] „Deutsche Combos spielten meist den populären Swing und bewegten sich häufig am Rande des Erlaubten.“

[2] "German combos mostly played the popular swing and often moved on the edge of the permission" "

How do you pronounce Swing?

Swing

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